1898 Minnesota gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1898 Minnesota gubernatorial election Minnesota 1893 presidential no 1896 Minnesota gubernatorial election 1896 1900 Minnesota gubernatorial election 1900 November 8, 1898 LIND, JOHN. GOVERNOR LCCN2016858371 (cropped).jpg John Lind Democratic People's Party 3333FF 131,980 52.26% File:William Henry Eustis 001.jpg William Henry Eustis Republican Party of Minnesota 111,796 44.26% 1898 Minnesota gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 250px County resultsLind: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% Eustis: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% Governor David Marston Clough Republican John Lind Democratic-People's The 1898 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1898. Democratic Party of Minnesota candidate John Lind defeated Republican Party of Minnesota challenger William Henry Eustis. This was the second of three successive elections in which John Lind ran as a candidate for a coalition formed from the Democrats and the People's Party. This was also the first time since 1857, and only the second time ever up to that point, that a Democrat was elected governor of Minnesota. Candidates William Henry Eustis, former mayor of Minneapolis (Republican) William B. Hammond, secretary of the State Federation of Labor (Socialist Labor) George W. Higgins, local business owner in Minneapolis, Minnesota (Prohibition) John Lind, former representative from Minnesota's 2nd congressional district (Democratic, People's) Lionel C. Long, farmer (Midroad-Populist) Campaigns The Democratic State Convention was held on June 9, 1898, and was "small and fast", consisting of only 35 delegates. John Lind was renominated.JOHN LIND AND ONE TOWNE June 10, 1898 https://newspaperhub.mnhs.org/?a=d&d=sppp18980610.1.7&srpos=12&e=------189-en-20--1--img-txIN-Lind----1898------- He was a progressive and a populist. The Republican State Convention was held on June 30, 1898. The primary was between three men: William Henry Eustis, Samuel Rinnah Van Sant, and Loren W. Collins. Eustis was nominated on the second ballot.GOV. EUSTIS July 1, 1898 https://newspaperhub.mnhs.org/?a=d&d=sppp18980701.1.5&e=------189-en-20--1--img-txIN-Eustis----1898------- He gained support for being a union negotiator during his time as mayor, peacefully ending a rail strike in 1893, and at the benefit of the strikers. This was at a time when most unions were suppressed, often with violence. Eustis was able to gain favor with some of the labor vote because of this, though not enough to secure the election.EUSTIS AS A PEACEMAKER November 4, 1898 https://newspaperhub.mnhs.org/?a=d&d=sppp18981104.1.5&srpos=11&e=------189-en-20--1--img-txIN-Eustis----1898------- A major blow came to Eustis's campaign when incumbent Republican Governor David Marston Clough endorsed Lind, due to a personal disliking of Eustis.Leonard A. Rosing Minnesota Historical Society https://www.mnhs.org/mnopedia/search/index/person/rosing-leonard-august-1861-1909 Upon his victory, Lind gave a speech in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota in which he credited his victory to the previous efforts of the Farmer's Alliance and the Populist Party.YES, MR. LIND DID SAY IT November 19, 1898 https://newspaperhub.mnhs.org/?a=d&d=sppp18981119.1.1&srpos=4&e=------189-en-20--1--img-txIN-Lind----1898------- Results 1898 gubernatorial election, Minnesota Democratic-People's John Lind 131,980 52.26% +4.15% Republican Party (United States) William Henry Eustis 111,796 44.26% -4.91% Prohibition Party (United States) George W. Higgins 5,299 2.10% +0.57% Midroad-Populist Party Lionel C. Long 1,802 0.71% n/a Socialist Labor Party of America William B. Hammond 1,685 0.67% +0.34% 20,184 8.00% 252,562 Democratic-People's Republican Party (United States) See also List of Minnesota gubernatorial elections References External links Minnesota Historical Election Archive Minnesota Gubernatorial 1898 Category:November 1898 in the United States